Krystian Aparta

Atheist, Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Event planner, Gay, Idea generator, Writer/Editor

Some science fiction (Star Trek! And Ursula K. Le Guin, and multiple other authors), some cognitive science (e.g. conceptual blending), constructive novel perspectives, disowning authority, some music (lyrics writing and translation), skepticism, New York City, theorizing about conceptual structure, autism spectrum disorders, LGBTQIA activism, giving talks about things I'm passionate about, volunteering (TED Translator and TEDx organizer / team member), Japan and Japanese, communicating across culture and habit, dancing, Silesian, gaming, my Kindle and my cats.

"Consider how odd it would be if all we knew about elephants had been written by elephants. Would we recognise one? What elephant author would describe — or perhaps even perceive — the features which are common to all elephants? We would find ourselves detecting these from indirect clues; for instance, elephant-naturalists would surely tell us that all other animals suffer from noselessness, which obliges them to use their paws in an unnatural way. [...] So when the human male describes his world he maps its distances from his unspoken natural center of reference, himself. He calls a swamp 'impenetrable,' a dog 'loyal' and a woman 'short.' The only animal who can observe man from the outside is of course the human female: we women who live in his house, in his shadow, on his planet. And it is important that we do this. This incompletely known animal conditions every aspect of our individual lives and holds the destruction of Earth in his hands." Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree Jr.)

Asperger's Syndrome, Bilingualism, cognitive linguistics, Grammar, linguistics, localization, Lyrics Writing, psychology, Science Fiction, software localization, Star Trek, subtitling, Time, translation

Writing and translating lyrics, Python (proficient in basic practical usage), dancing, Ridge Racer.